Marcow Speiser,V. and Speiser, P (2007). The Use of the Arts in Working with Fear and Stress in the Israeli Context. In Serlin (ed) The Praeger Series in Body-Mind Medicine: The Art of Healthcare, Vol. II

Marcow Speiser, V. and Speiser, P. (2005). A Theoretical Approach to Working with Conflict through the Arts. In Marcow Speiser, V. and Powell, C. (eds) The Arts, Education and Social Change. NY: Peter Lang

Phil is an expressive arts educator/therapist, drama therapist, psychodramatist and music therapist who has developed and implemented integrated arts therapy and educational programs for over three decades.

He is currently the Director of Parkside Arts & Health Associates in Boston, MA where he works with children, adults and families who are at-risk and challenged emotionally, physically and developmentally.

He has worked and developed programs with individuals and groups in conflict in conflicted areas of the world, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and the Middle East. He is well known in the Boston area for his ongoing commitment and work with violence prevention through the use of the arts.

Dr.Speiser introduced the concept Expressive Arts in Scandinavia during the 1980’s and trained the first generation of expressive arts therapists there. During that period he founded the Scandinavian Institute for Expressive Arts which was affiliated with Lesley University. In 2005 he developed the first fully integrated arts therapy department in the U.S. at a community health center at Whittier Street Health Center in Boston. Dr. Speiser states: “The arts, when used in the service of the individual, group and community are powerful tools for transformation and healing.”

His interdisciplinary work on the connections between arts/aesthetics, education, healthcare and human services has led to many project collaborations in the United States and abroad.

He is a senior lecturer at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA and has taught at numerous colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. He is the former chairperson of Very Special Arts Sweden and of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association.